re: Per Yahoo, Hornets will change name to Pelicans (Posted on 12/5/12 at 11:07 am to 42)

quote:Poll: There was a poll taken. They asked one person. Tom Benson. People's tastes are their own, but people need to accept, on some level, all the costs and benefits it is of having him as an owner.

The major benefit is obviously having the team in NOLA. After that, it remains to be seen.

Benson seems like a nice enough guy, but Drew Brees falling in his lap has somehow turned him into the Rooney family or Bob Kraft in some people's eyes. For 20 years Benson ran one of the worst franchises in the history of the NFL and made some AWFUL decisions along the way, like selling us all out by handing over full control of his team to Mike Ditka. The guy is far from infallible as an owner. In this particular case, either 85 year old Tom Benson is way hipper than all of us and sees something magical about this nickname, or he's 85 and...well 85.

re: Per Yahoo, Hornets will change name to Pelicans (Posted on 12/5/12 at 11:15 am to eyeran)

quote:The major benefit is obviously having the team in NOLA. After that, it remains to be seen.

Benson seems like a nice enough guy, but Drew Brees falling in his lap has somehow turned him into the Rooney family or Bob Kraft in some people's eyes. For 20 years Benson ran one of the worst franchises in the history of the NFL and made some AWFUL decisions along the way, like selling us all out by handing over full control of his team to Mike Ditka. The guy is far from infallible as an owner. In this particular case, either 85 year old Tom Benson is way hipper than all of us and sees something magical about this nickname, or he's 85 and...well 85.

Agreed.

People, I think, viewed Tom Benson as a savior in all respects, but he's as flawed as any man.

We have gotten the benefit up front, and now it's cost, cost, cost we have to pay.

We still have to remember the potential cost we definitely avoided (for now).

re: Per Yahoo, Hornets will change name to Pelicans (Posted on 12/5/12 at 2:09 pm to Jester)

Well, the name sure as shite created interest on the board formerly known as Hornets Talk.

Brass was always my first choice, but I'm okay with Pelicans. As soon as the team has success people will get onboard. Thunder sucks as a name but people don't really think about it now. Pelicans has more positive potential, IMO.

re: Per Yahoo, Hornets will change name to Pelicans (Posted on 12/5/12 at 2:30 pm to VOR)

quote:Well, the name sure as shite created interest on the board formerly known as Hornets Talk.

I think it would be funny to track the activity of this board over time then add important events to the timeline.

quote:Brass was always my first choice, but I'm okay with Pelicans. As soon as the team has success people will get onboard. Thunder sucks as a name but people don't really think about it now. Pelicans has more positive potential, IMO.

Honestly, I'm more worried about the generic color scheme. We are going to go from one of the most unique schemes in the league to one of the most generic. You don't find a lot of shirts close to creole blue that aren't Hornets branded. So, you buy Hornets merch to rep at the game. With red, navy, and gold, I have about 2 dozen shirts that I can choose from without having to spend $30 on a Hornets shirt. It's the same reason why I thought black and gold would be a poor business decision.